Is zakah obligatory on gold prepared for adornment and wearing?
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Question:
Is zakah obligatory on gold prepared for adornment and wearing? Knowing that, over time, she sells this jewelry to replace it with other items?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The correct view is that zakah is due on it. There is scholarly disagreement regarding jewelry prepared for adornment and wearing, but the correct view, which we issue rulings based on, is that zakah is due on it. Anything that has reached the nisab, which is eleven and a half pounds if it is gold, and a full lunar year has passed over it, is subject to zakah. The rate is twenty-five for every thousand, which is a quarter of a tenth. This is the correct view indicated by the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Some scholars hold that if it is prepared for wearing, there is no zakah on it, but this is the weaker position. The correct view is that zakah is due on it, because he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered a woman who had some bracelets to pay zakah, in a manner indicating the obligation of zakah. When he saw two bracelets on her, he said:? She said: No. He said: Sunan Abi Dawud 1563Hasan (Al-Albani) So she threw them away and said: They are for Allah and His Messenger.
The warning of the Fire for not paying zakah indicates the obligation of zakah. Likewise, he said to Umm Salamah when she asked him, and she was wearing ornaments of gold: Is this a treasure? He said: Thus, the jewelry is not considered a treasure if the zakah is paid.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. If she wears it for a period and then sells it to replace it with something else, does this remove the zakah?
The Shaykh: The correct view is that if she sells it before the completion of the lunar year, she owes no zakah. But if she returns and buys [jewelry], the lunar year begins anew. Yes... However, if she had dirhams with her, the zakah remains. If she sold the gold for dirhams, the zakah remains on the dirhams based on the previous lunar year, and she pays zakah on them. But if she sold the jewelry and bought other things with the dirhams, such as a car for riding, such as clothes, such as furnishings for the house, the lunar year is broken, and there is no zakah on it, because it is not for trade. If she returns... to [jewelry], there will be zakah on it if a lunar year passes over it. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Is zakah obligatory on gold prepared for adornment and wearing? Knowing that, over time, she sells this jewelry to replace it with other items?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The correct view is that zakah is due on it. There is scholarly disagreement regarding jewelry prepared for adornment and wearing, but the correct view, which we issue rulings based on, is that zakah is due on it. Anything that has reached the nisab, which is eleven and a half pounds if it is gold, and a full lunar year has passed over it, is subject to zakah. The rate is twenty-five for every thousand, which is a quarter of a tenth. This is the correct view indicated by the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Some scholars hold that if it is prepared for wearing, there is no zakah on it, but this is the weaker position. The correct view is that zakah is due on it, because he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered a woman who had some bracelets to pay zakah, in a manner indicating the obligation of zakah. When he saw two bracelets on her, he said:
Do you pay the zakah on this?
أتؤدين زكاة هذاAre you pleased that Allah may put two bangles of fire on your hands?
أيسرك أن يسورك الله بهما يوم القيامة سوارين من نارThe warning of the Fire for not paying zakah indicates the obligation of zakah. Likewise, he said to Umm Salamah when she asked him, and she was wearing ornaments of gold: Is this a treasure? He said:
Whatever reaches the amount where zakah is due, if zakah is paid on it, it is not a treasure.
ما بلغ أن يزكى فزكي فليس بكنزThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good. If she wears it for a period and then sells it to replace it with something else, does this remove the zakah?
The Shaykh: The correct view is that if she sells it before the completion of the lunar year, she owes no zakah. But if she returns and buys [jewelry], the lunar year begins anew. Yes... However, if she had dirhams with her, the zakah remains. If she sold the gold for dirhams, the zakah remains on the dirhams based on the previous lunar year, and she pays zakah on them. But if she sold the jewelry and bought other things with the dirhams, such as a car for riding, such as clothes, such as furnishings for the house, the lunar year is broken, and there is no zakah on it, because it is not for trade. If she returns... to [jewelry], there will be zakah on it if a lunar year passes over it. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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